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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



They should be six or eight inches long, and planted so as to leave only one or 

 two buds above ground. The surest method is by layering, which is well 

 described in the following from Gardening : — 



During a second visit to the State Experiment grounds near Geneva, N.Y., 

 in August, I learned the secret of the thrifty growth and yields of the gooseberry 

 plants there found in numerous varieties. The foundation on which this success 

 primarily rests is good strong loam, reinforced by yearly moderate applications 

 of stable manure and good tillage. Repeated spraying with the solution of liver 

 of sulphur, which the Station people prefer to the Bordeaux mixture for this 

 particular purpose, keeps the foliage in good health, and, therefore, the wood 



growth normal and strong, and also the 

 fruit free from mildew. With the same 



conditions plants and plenty of good fruit can be produced elsewhere. There 

 can be no question that gooseberries thus handled can be made a very profit- 

 able crop. 



Layering Gooseberries. — Layering, as stated on former occasions, is a far 

 safer and better method than making cuttings, so far as the gooseberry is con- 

 cerned. A single plant hilled up for inducing the young canes to strike root 

 along their base, is shown in Figs. 829 and 830 of accompanying sketch. 



A dozen or more good plants may thus be made of one strong plant 

 two or three years old, and these young plants, if properly planted out and taken 

 care of, will be in shape to give quite a little fruit the second season from plant- 

 ins. 



Pruning" Grape Vines. 



7«52. SiE, — Pleaaatell me the best time for pruning grapes. 



John Rkid, Evevttt, Ont. 



As soon as the wood is thoroughly matured in the autumn, and the leaves 

 fall, is the most natural time for pruning the vineyard. The healing process 

 will begin almost at once, and no loss of sap will result in the spring time. In 

 the colder sections, however, the cut surface seems to render the vine somewhat 

 more susceptible to cold unless well buried under the ground, or unless longer 

 pruning is practiced, so that a few buds may be spared to succumb to the effects 

 of frost. 



